More than a half dozen sponsors of the Los Angeles Clippers, including Kia Motors, Virgin America, Red Bull, Aquahydrate, CarMax and State Farm Insurance, distanced themselves from the National Basketball Association team on Monday in the wake of reports about racially insensitive comments allegedly made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

Used-car dealer CarMax said Monday it would end its nine-year sponsorship of the team, saying it "finds the statements attributed to the Clippers' owner completely...